Fill in the blanks in whole numbers or fractions
Some stickers are given to 3 children.
Adam has
29 of the stickers.
Charlie has
29 of the remaining stickers.
Bryan has the rest of the stickers.
Let the total number of stickers be 9 u.
- Number of stickers that Adam has = _____ u
- Number of stickers that Charlie has = _____ u
- Number of stickers that Bryan has = _____ u
- Difference between the number of stickers that Bryan and Charlie have = _____ u
(a)
Change fractions into units.
Number of stickers that Adam has = 2 u
(b)
Fraction of the stickers given to Charlie and Bryan
= 1 -
29 =
79 Number of stickers that Charlie has
=
29 x 7 u
=
149 u
= 1
59 u
(c)
Fraction of the remaining stickers given to Bryan
= 1 -
29=
79 Number of stickers that Bryan has
=
79 x 7 u
=
499 u
= 5
49 u
(d)
Difference in the number of stickers that Bryan and Charlie have
= 5
49 u - 1
59 u
= 3
89 u
Answer(s): (a) 2; (b) 1
59; (c) 5
49; (d) 3
89